Universität Wien
Course Exam

210134 VO Mixed Methos: The joy of research (2025S)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 21 - Politikwissenschaft

Thursday 26.06.2025 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 1 Hauptgebäude Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

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Examination topics

The content of the exam will be the content of the lectures, the lecture slides as well as a number of academic articles, which will be highlighted by indicated as ‘relevant for the exam’ in the reading list. All materials will be uploaded on Moodle.

Please use a consistent form of citation throughout your exam. Please write your exam in full sentences, not bullet points, and clearly indicate which question you are answering. And please write legibly. I will not look favourably upon exams that I have to decipher with great effort. In grading the exams, I will be looking for evidence that you have read, followed and understood the lecture and reading materials for this course. Further exams will announced at a later date.

Assessment and permitted materials

This course is a lecture series. Attending the lectures is strongly recommended, and doing the recommended reading is required, in preparation for the exam at the end of the course.

This course is held in English. Students must be willing and able to read and understand academic literature in English, and to be able to write short texts in English (relevant for the exam). The exam will be held in English. There will be no exceptions to this requirement.
Students are not required to have previous knowledge of research methods or mixed methods in social science research.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Assessment for this course is in vivo. The format of the exam is a handwritten exam in which you answer a number of questions. It is not allowed to bring ant electronic devices such as laptops, iPads, or smartphones into the exam room. The reason that we have decided to return to the era of your grandparents is simple: AI. For lecturers AI is a nightmare, with too many disputes with students about their reliance on AI. For students the temptation to just copy the answers that ChatGPT gives you instead of thinking through the question yourself is simply too large. AI can be a great tool for some tasks, but it doesn’t do anybody a service when it comes to academic assessments.

The exam dates is DO 26.06.2025 13.15-14.45 Place: Hörsaal 1, Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1)

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